††††† NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS 224.46-560 requires the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to
promulgate administrative regulations establishing standards applicable to
transporters of hazardous waste regarding recordkeeping and compliance with the
manifest system. This administrative regulation establishes the standards which
are applicable for a discharge of hazardous waste during transportation.

††††† (2) In addition to the requirements in
40 C.F.R. 263.30(c), an air, rail, highway, or water transporter who has any
knowledge of a release or threatened release of a pollutant or contaminant to
the environment in a quantity which may present an imminent or substantial
danger to human health or the environment shall immediately notify the cabinetís
twenty-four (24) hour emergency response line as required by KRS 224.01-400(7)
and provide a written report of the incident or accident within seven (7) days
of the release, if required by the cabinet pursuant to KRS 224.01-400(8).